Golf Club Bag Having Protective Cover

ABSTRACT

A golf club bag includes a barrel, a cover, and an elevating device. The barrel has an outer member and an inner member. The inner member is received in the outer member to form a channel between the outer member and the inner member. The cover has a cover member and a cover ring connected to the cover member. The cover ring and a portion of the cover member are received in the channel of the barrel. The elevating device is received in the channel of the barrel and connected to the barrel and the cover respectively. The elevating device drives the cover to reciprocate along the channel of the barrel.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Technical Field

The present invention relates to a golf club bag, and more particularlyto a golf club bag with a protective cover.

2. Description of Related Art

Typically, a conventional golf club bag has a cover. Some of the coversare made of the same material as the bag, and such covers are connectedto the bag by buckles. Another covers are made of PE plates to formbarrel-like hard covers. Such covers are connected to the bag by bucklesas well.

China patent no. 102357294 disclosed a golf club bag, which includes abarrel and a cover slidably connected to the barrel. As a result, thecover is moved to change a height of the golf club bag according to thegolf clubs stored in the bag. It may provide the golf clubs storedtherein a good protection to avoid damage during transportation.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the above, the primary objective of the present invention isto provide a golf club bag, which provides a slidable cover with astable and smooth movement.

In order to achieve the objective of the present invention, a golf clubbag includes a barrel having an outer member and an inner member,wherein the inner member is received in the outer member and connectedto the outer member to form a channel between the outer member and theinner member; a cover having a cover member and a cover ring connectedto the cover member, wherein the cover ring and a portion of the covermember are received in the channel of the barrel; and an elevatingdevice received in the channel of the barrel and connected to the barreland the cover respectively, wherein the elevating device drives thecover to reciprocate along the channel of the barrel.

In an embodiment, the barrel further includes a channel ring received inchannel of the barrel and connected to the outer member, and the covermember and the elevating device pass through the channel ring.

In an embodiment, the inner member of the barrel has a head frame, abase, and a plurality of bars, and the bars have opposite ends connectedto the head frame and the base respectively.

In an embodiment, the inner member of the barrel has a head frame, abase, and a cylinder, and the head frame and the base are connected toopposite end of the cylinder respectively.

In an embodiment, the cylinder is formed by two half cylinder members.

In an embodiment, the elevating device has a plurality of telescopingmembers, each of which has opposite ends connected to the barrel and thecover respectively.

In an embodiment, the elevating device includes a plurality of rails andguiding members; the rails are connected to the barrel and the guidingmembers are connected to the cover; the guiding members movably engagethe rails respectively.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will be best understood by referring to thefollowing detailed description of some illustrative embodiments inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, showing the cover moving;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the first preferred embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the first preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, showing the golf clubs therein;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the first preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, showing the cover being moved downwards;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a second preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, showing another elevating device;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the barrel member of a third preferredembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the barrel member of a fourth preferredembodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 8 is a top view of the fourth preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

As shown in FIG. 1, a golf club bag of the first preferred embodiment ofthe present invention includes a barrel 10 with an opening 12 at a topthereof and a cover 14 connected to the barrel 10 to close the opening12 of the barrel 10. The cover 14 is provided with a lid 16 at a topthereof. The lid 16 is able to be closed or opened. The cover 14 is ableto be reciprocated related to the barrel 10. Golf clubs 18 stored in thebarrel 10 will extend out of the cover 14 when the cover 14 is moveddownwards and the lid 16 is opened.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the barrel 10 includes an outer member 20 andan inner member 30. The inner member 30 is received in the outer member20 and connected to the outer member 20 at a bottom thereof. The outermember 20 is a barrel-like member with an annular sidewall and a bottom.A skin layer (not shown) is provided on an outer side of the sidewall ofthe outer member 20.

The inner member 20 includes a head frame 32, a base 34, and a pluralityof bars 36. Opposite ends of the bars 36 are connected to the head frame32 and the base 34. The base is fixed to the outer member 20.

A channel 50 is formed between the outer member 20 and the inner member30 as shown in FIG. 3.

The golf club bag further includes an elevating device 40 connected tothe inner member 30 and the cover 14. The cover 14 is provided with acover ring 142 on an inner side of a cover member 144 of the cover 14.The cover ring 142 is adjacent to an opening of the cover 14. Theelevating device 40 has a pair of telescoping members 42, each of whichhas three tubes slidably connected to each other in series. Thetelescoping members 42 have opposite ends connected to the cover 14 andthe base 34 of the inner member 30 respectively.

As a result, the cover 14 is able to be moved up and down, and the covermember 144 and the cover ring 142 are moved in the channel 50 when thecover 14 is moved.

The present invention further includes channel ring 60 received in thechannel 50 and connected to the outer member 20. The channel ring 60 isadjacent to an opening of the barrel 10 to strengthen the shape of thebarrel 10 and the shape of the channel 50. The cover 14 and theelevating members 40 pass through the channel ring 60.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, with the combination of the outer member 20,the inner member 30, the elevating device 40, and the cover 14, thecover 14 is moved up and down in the channel 50 to cover the golf clubswhen the cover 14 is moved upwards and the lid 16 is closed, and toexpose the golf clubs when the cover 14 is moved downwards and the lid16 is opened.

FIG. 5 shows a golf club bag of the second preferred embodiment, inwhich the elevating device 40 includes a plurality of rails 44 andguiding members 46. The rails 44 are received in the channel 50 andconnected to the outer member 20 (or the inner member 30). The guidingmembers 66 are connected to the cover 14 and engage the rails 44. As aresult, the cover 14 is moved up and down along the rails 44.

FIG. 6 shows the inner member 30 of the third preferred embodiment,including a head frame 32, a cylinder 37, and a base 34. The head frame32 and the base 34 are connected to opposite ends of the cylinder 37respectively.

As shown in FIG. 7, it shows another inner member 30, which is similarto the inner member shown in FIG. 6, except that a cylinder 38 is formedby two half cylinder members 39.

The cylinder 37 or 39 may form a solid sidewall of the channel 50, whichis helpful to protection of the elevating device 40 in the channel 50.

As shown in FIG. 8, a diameter of the head frame 32 is smaller than thatof the base 34. The bars 36 have the opposite ends connected to the headframe 32 and the base 34. The elevating device 40 has an end connectedto base 34 and is located between the outer member 20 and the head frame32.

It must be pointed out that the embodiments described above are onlysome preferred embodiments of the present invention. All equivalentstructures which employ the concepts disclosed in this specification andthe appended claims should fall within the scope of the presentinvention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A golf club bag, comprising: a barrel having anouter member and an inner member, wherein the inner member is receivedin the outer member and connected to the outer member to form a channelbetween the outer member and the inner member; a cover having a covermember and a cover ring connected to the cover member, wherein the coverring and a portion of the cover member are received in the channel ofthe barrel; and an elevating device received in the channel of thebarrel and connected to the barrel and the cover respectively, whereinthe elevating device drives the cover to reciprocate along the channelof the barrel.
 2. The golf club bag of claim 1, wherein the barrelfurther includes a channel ring received in channel of the barrel andconnected to the outer member, and the cover member and the elevatingdevice pass through the channel ring.
 3. The golf club bag of claim 1,wherein the inner member of the barrel has a head frame, a base, and aplurality of bars, and the bars have opposite ends connected to the headframe and the base respectively.
 4. The golf club bag of claim 1,wherein the inner member of the barrel has a head frame, a base, and acylinder, and the head frame and the base are connected to opposite endof the cylinder respectively.
 5. The golf club bag of claim 4, whereinthe cylinder is formed by two half cylinder members.
 6. The golf clubbag of claim 1, wherein the elevating device has a plurality oftelescoping members, each of which has opposite ends connected to thebarrel and the cover respectively.
 7. The golf club bag of claim 1,wherein the elevating device includes a plurality of rails and guidingmembers; the rails are connected to the barrel and the guiding membersare connected to the cover; the guiding members movably engage the railsrespectively.